[TriLUG] conference call solution -- old school

[jonc at nc.rr.com]

The free conference is a bit of a misnomer since you have to pay
$.10/minute/line. The same price we (FeatureTel) charge for our
conference bridge.

We use an Asterisk box for our conference bridge. The setup was very
simple, and MeetMe conferencing works very well on it. It basically
accepts SIP connections from our servers and clients and joins them into
conferences based on a login number - each conference has a special
login number associated with it.

VoIP is really going to be driving the pricing down on conferencing. The
scalability and ease of setup make conferencing much easier than the old
traditional Bridges.  BTW: that site www.freeconference.com looks and
acts just like our Asterisk conference bridge, and since the pricing is
identical I'll bet it *is* Asterisk based :-)

Jon Carnes


----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Porter <porter at trilug.org>
Date: Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:27 am
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] conference call solution -- old school

> 
> > I would like to replace the AT&T conference call with something 
> cheaper.
> This does not address the "whiteboard" problem, but...
> 
> Our company uses a free voice conference system called "Free 
> Conference".It's a traditional phone-based conference system, not a 
> computer-based
> system.  Old school.
> 
> http://www.freeconference.com
> 
> Conference calls are free if you use a non-8xx number.  Since many 
> peoplehave free long distance with their cell phones, VOIP or with 
> a bundled
> landline service plan, the conference calls can be pretty cheap/free.
> 
> 
> 
> Alan
> 
> 
> 
> 
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